Low Maintenance Plants

Echeveria forms picture-perfect rosettes in shades of blue, green, and rose - the quintessential, pet-safe succulent for sunny windowsills.Echeveria are the classic rosette succulents, forming tidy, colorful spirals in shades of blue, green, and blush. They're low-water, sun-loving plants perfect for windowsills, dish gardens,...

The trailing classic - happy in a hanging basket, a shelf, or trained up a small frame.English Ivy (Hedera helix) is the houseplant that forgives a cool room and a forgotten watering. Lobed leaves on long trailing stems, available in solid green and variegated...

Euphorbia offers striking, sculptural forms and drought-tough performance for sunny beds and containers.Euphorbia are diverse, sculptural succulents grown for bold form and easy, drought-tolerant care. They thrive in bright light with minimal water and make eye-catching, low-fuss accent plants. Offered in 2" and 4"...

The Fiddle Leaf Fig is the designer's darling, with huge violin-shaped leaves that turn any corner into a statement - give it bright, steady light.The fiddle leaf fig (Ficus lyrata) is a designer favorite, with large violin-shaped leaves that make a bold floor-plant statement....

Flowering quince lights up the bare end of winter with scarlet, coral, or white blossoms on leafless branches weeks before anything else opens.Flowering quince is an old Southern dooryard shrub that blooms in late winter, long before its leaves appear, and its cut branches...

Forsythia is one of the first shrubs to announce spring, exploding into brilliant golden-yellow blooms before its leaves appear.Forsythia Bare-Root Starter Shrub is nursery-grown by Wade Greens in Lineville, Alabama, cared for by hand and shipped healthy and ready to thrive. Available in Bare-Root...

Frosted white tips on lacy green - a charming holiday-season houseplant (not a true fern).The Frosty Fern (a spikemoss) has lacy foliage tipped in creamy white, like a dusting of snow - a festive, easy tabletop plant for the holidays. Grower-direct from Wade Greens....

Gasteria forms fans of thick, tongue-shaped, speckled leaves and tolerates lower light than most succulents - an easygoing, pet-safe choice.Gasteria is a forgiving, low-light succulent with thick, tongue-shaped leaves. It handles shadier spots better than most succulents, making it a great low-fuss indoor pick....

Ghost plant forms pearly gray rosettes that blush pink and gold in strong sun, trailing over pot edges and rooting from any fallen leaf.This is one of the toughest and most forgiving succulents we sell, surviving hard drought, poor soil, and considerable neglect, and...

Golden Pothos is the go-to beginner houseplant - a vigorous, heart-leaved vine with golden variegation that grows happily almost anywhere indoors.Pothos is the classic trailing houseplant - fast-growing, forgiving, and beautiful cascading from a shelf or climbing a pole. It thrives in low to...

Hawaiian Pothos produces big, glossy green leaves streaked with golden variegation, growing lush and dramatic as it climbs a moss pole or spills from a basket.Hawaiian Pothos is nursery-grown by Wade Greens in Lineville, Alabama, cared for by hand and shipped healthy and ready...

Haworthia forms tidy rosettes of pointed, often translucent-tipped leaves - a compact, pet-safe succulent that tolerates lower light.Haworthia are small, low-light succulents with striking translucent or striped leaves. Compact and slow-growing, they're some of the best succulents for desks and shadier windowsills. Offered in...

Sempervivum forms tight rosettes that multiply into colonies of 'chicks,' thriving in rock gardens and containers through cold winters.Sempervivum, or hens and chicks, are cold-hardy succulents that spread into dense mats of rosettes. Nearly indestructible, they thrive in full sun and poor soil where...

Hens & Chicks spread into charming colonies of rosettes, thriving in poor soil, rock gardens, and containers through freezing winters.Hens and chicks (Sempervivum) are cold-hardy rosette succulents that multiply into tight colonies of 'chicks.' They shrug off heat, cold, and drought, making them perfect...

Curled, crowded waxy leaves trailing down like a rope - odd, old-fashioned, and back in demand.Hoya carnosa 'Compacta' twists its thick waxy leaves into dense rope-like trails, then produces clusters of star-shaped scented flowers on mature plants. It is slow, it is nearly unkillable,...

'Nellie Stevens' builds a dense evergreen privacy screen fast and sets heavy red berries every winter without needing a male pollinator nearby.'Nellie Stevens' holly is the South's favorite screening holly, forming a broad dark green pyramid of glossy spined leaves and setting abundant red...

Glossy trailing vines and clusters of fragrant, star-shaped flowers - easy and long-lived.The Hoya (Wax Plant) is a tough, trailing houseplant with waxy leaves and sweetly scented blooms once established. Pet-safe and perfect for a hanging spot. Offered in 4" Pot and 6" Pot,...

A single thick heart-shaped leaf in a pot - the plant that sells itself every February.Hoya kerrii is a succulent-leaved wax plant whose leaves are perfect green hearts. Sold as a rooted single leaf it makes an ideal gift; grown on, it vines and...

Ice Plant carpets sunny slopes with neon, daisy-like flowers and succulent foliage that laughs at heat and drought.Ice plant (Delosperma) is a low, spreading succulent groundcover smothered in jewel-toned daisy-like flowers. It's heat- and drought-proof, blooms for months, and makes a brilliant carpet for...

Delosperma blankets the ground in shimmering, daisy-like blooms all summer and shrugs off heat and drought - a superb hardy groundcover.Ice plant (Delosperma) is a low, spreading succulent groundcover smothered in jewel-toned daisy-like flowers. It's heat- and drought-proof, blooms for months, and makes a...